Appearing in today’s Mirror is a story concerning our long-standing client, Barry George. The underlying story is of an exoneree who has received no apology and no compensation, and who feels that despite being cleared he continues to live his sentence. This is entirely typical of the experience of exonerees, and highlights the failure of care and support provided to those who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
Not innocent enough…
You can read the original story HERE
A year ago yesterday we published our views on the deduction of “saved living expenses” from compensation paid to the victims of miscarriage of justice – or at least to those very few such victims as are actually compensated for their years of wrongful imprisonment. We noted that, in light of a public outcry following […]
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In a long-awaited and recently issued judgement, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the refusal by the British government to compensate victims of miscarriage of justice is lawful. The case was brought by Sam Hallam and Victor Nealon, whose stories will be familiar to those who regularly visit this website. The two […]
An article in The Guardian this week suggests that permitting juries to return verdicts by majority results in miscarriages of justice. The article examines the problem in the context of England and Wales. Here in Scotland, we can only look with envy at that. In England and Wales the minimum “split” for a guilty verdict […]